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A federal magistrate in Washington is criticizing the Justice Department's prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey.

Judge William Fitzpatrick cites what he calls fundamental misstatements of the law by the prosecutor who took the case to a grand jury.

Fitzpatrick has also expressed concerns about unexplained irregularities in the grand jury transcripts.

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An Indiana man charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a house cleaner who showed up at the wrong address.

62-year-old Kurt Anderson is facing up to 30 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.

Anderson fired a shot through his front door, killing 32-year-old Maria Florinda Rios Perez de Velasquez.

The November 5th incident in the Indianapolis suburb of Whitestown is being called a test of Indiana's Stand Your Ground law.

The latest report card from the March of Dimes gives the U.S.

a D-plus for maternal and infant health.

NPR's Maria Godoy reports that the U.S.

has one of the highest rates of premature births among developed nations.

U.S.

futures are flat, and after hours trading on Wall Street following Monday's losses, the Dow Jones Industrials tumbled 557 points.

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President Trump says the U.S.

plans to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, the Saudi crown prince is expected to meet with Trump at the White House on Tuesday.

The UN Security Council has backed a peace plan for Gaza, authorizing an international force for the next two years.